OGM 2018
Held on Saturday December 8th, in the Woburn Suite, Senate House, University of London.
9:30 Registration and Coffee
10:00 Panel 1
11:30 Tea/coffee
11:45 Business meeting
12:30 Buffet lunch
13:15 Panel 2
14:30 Tea/coffee
14:45 Panel 3
16:00 Reception: English Shared Futures Book Launch
17:00 Close
Panel 1: Partnering up
(Organisers: Will May, Kate Walchester)
The government’s skills agenda and the increasing importance of impact in research are giving HEIs ever-more prompts to build partnerships with local and national organisations. Partnerships can be used to deliver teaching, collaborate on research, or provide work placements. What kinds of things might English studies learn from our partnerships, and how can they help support and grow our subject?
James Urquhart (Arts Council England, Senior Manager for Literature)
Chris Gribble (Director, National Centre for Writing, Norwich)
Dominique Bouchard (Head of Interpretation, English Heritage)
Elspeth Graham (Liverpool John Moores)
Panel 2: Un-doing English
(Organisers: Natasha Alden, Dave Ellis)
This panel considers the recent rise in prominence of moves to decolonize the curriculum in English departments across the UK, exploring what this means for the syllabus: what do we teach, how, why and to whom?
Claire Chambers (University of York)
Deirdre Osborne (Goldsmiths University)
Ruvani Ranasinha (Kings College London)
Plenary Session: The Recruitment Challenge.
(Organiser: Alex Thomson)
Facing declining entries to A-level English and increased competition for undergraduates, this plenary session aims to sound out ways forward: reviewing practical suggestions arising from the recent Action on Recruitment event; asking what English might learn from the experience of disciplines which have long had to live with similar concerns; and exploring the lessons of current research on English and employability.
Gail Marshall (University English, University of Reading) & Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway)
Ana de Medeiros (University Council of Modern Languages, Kings College London)
Jane Nolan (Newcastle University).
Wine Reception / English:Shared Futures Book Launch
